Melva Hardison was born in Tennessee and raised near Florence, Alabama. She began working at a family cafe when she was 12. She was raised by her aunt. She had other odd jobs in the mostly rural ...

The new bar will join Los Feliz’s current lineup of cocktail destinations, which includes wing specialist Ye Rustic Inn, jungle-like Mírate, and old-school dive the Drawing Room. Sketch of the ...

Outside, she wears a pink bandana to cover her scalp. “Mama I’m tired – I want to die. Why won’t my hair grow?” she pleaded with her mother, Om-Mohammed, when CNN visited the family in ...